29/8/2005- Grade 8?..grade8?..huh?..over liao??

Wheeeeeee...finally!!..My Exam is finally over!!...
Today rite..purposely wake up at 6.30 to warm up myself for the exam..

N noe wat happened yesterday?...we are going for a choir concert at esplanade by Victoria Chorale...started at 7.30pm. Hence, me richard chinsoon n andrew all meet together b4 we go there..when we were taking the MRT tat time..we thought tat we r very early...den we sit down ...chat chat..play play...den reach CITY HALL tat time rite..the time is 7.20 liao!!!...left 10 min to run to esplanade!!..Without tickets..cos we supposed to collect them there..den we run run...run till there 7.29..the bell is ringing..making the final announcement b4 they start the concert...den i call kee siang askw where the ticks..den i go the counter there ask for ticks...but say dun have reserved for us...like tat...we like..sian lor..den at that time rite..only me chinsoon n andrew reached the esplande...den think richard lost his way..haha..haizz...nvm lo...later we meet up den decided to go home..

I duno whether this is arranged by god or wat...cos the next day..which is today..i have my exam!!..early in the morning!!..haha..maybe going late for the concert is a good news to me?..cos i can go home n have more time to practice..haha..Actually i dont wan to this concert ..but teacher say its compulsory...n since it is jus a concert...i jus agreed to go lor...but waste my time go there den go home...zz...

Hmm..tats yesterday..haha..today rite??...woke up so early to practice..to warm up fingers...the time of the exam is 9.56..i practise the thirds all tat..parts of the pieces..den...go to Katong Mall liao..haha..when i reached there rite, i take out n sit outside the studio n play...den suddenly got ppl come out say canot play here..haha..den i go the staircase there play..haha..cock rite...hahaha..but nvm la..the sound is very nice at the staircase there..den i hope i produce the same sound in the examination room..

Then its time to go in!!..i nervous sia..i went in n put my scores on the stand..den the examiner say he wan to look at my score..he give me back the vivaldi piece..den look at the romance n first raphsody pieces..look n look..as if wan to check whether the piece is original copy for photcopied one..haha...den i wait n wait for him to return me b4 i start my 1st peice..den he say...i return u later..haha..den i like...zz...nvm lo..haha...maybe he dint see the scores b4 or not very sure abt the muisic??..haha..

My 1st piece rite..SPRING..the sound at the start quite pleasant...until the 2nd page...i lost my beat..duno y..i missed a minum!!...den is like very confusing n duno wat to do..cos i play faster than the pianist..haha..but i jus dun care...i jus played the other notes..longer cos need to wait for the pianist..haha...I think it is only this part tat will minus my marks!!...

Den i ask for my second n third piece..haha..2nd piece rite..i think i dint start very well..cos the sound not tat nice..n my bow like keep bouncing..even though i play very slowly..the middle part i got some confusing parts..but den other areas quite OK...but ending i like very sian lor...the bow keep bouncing ..or my hand keep shivering..den canot hold the last note long n nice...

3rd piece is the bartock piece..opening i played very well...all chords played out loud..1st page no problem..2nd part rite..the same problem...bow keep bouncing..think i too nervous la...den cannot play the long notes nice..den its seem like im rushing...the 3rd page also no much better...but not so bad...cos i played too fast and missed a chord..haha...but i still continued..

Haizz...overall the pieces rite...i think can pass la..cos i managed to play without stopping..

Following is the scales..he gave me E flat major, F minor melodic, F # minor harmonic..NO 3 octaves one u noE!!..haha..make me pia like siao for the 3 octaves one..esp the D major/minor n C# major/minor...wa...den he go on to appaegio..give me A flat..den dominant 7th B flat..diminished 7th B..chromatic in C#..but i played wrongly..haha...played extra 3 or 4 notes..cos i dint prepare this..as i prepared all the difficult ones..double stops..is E flat sixths , G minor melodic n B flat THIRDS!!..as expeected la..when i heard rite..i quite sian sia..cos i always cant do this well...but bo bian..since he wants..i jus play lor..haha..this time i jus play as normal..but i noe got some notes out one la..but i dint stop...i jus finish it..haha..

Sight reading rite..dint even prepare sia..!..haha..when he give me the score..GOT 5 Flats sia..wa..i lazy to check all the flats la..haha..haha...but i noe got some notes are flats..such as B,E,A...haha...somemore give me 1/2 minute to read...i read until 2nd line he say start liao...zz..nvm lo...i jus play wat i like..haha...follow the score..play not too fast ..but follow rythm..high notes i jus anyhow..haha...cos canot stop..den i play continuously..until final note..it is a PLUCKing one..cos there write 'pizz'...but i still use bow..haha..sian sian..haha..

Aural rite..singing i think i got not much problem.he ask me wan sing bass or treble clef..haha..
when i sing the low notes rite...i forget the last few..so i anyhow sing..n make it sound i very confident..haha..like singing in choir like tat...haha..Cadence part...i think i got it correct..cos i noe it is either perfect or plagal candence..since end with the key chord...but i dint quite catch the last 2nd chord..den i jus say plagal lo..haha...hope its correct...1st 2 chords...i noe the 1st one is Ib..cos its the same as the key chord..and its jus the base note tat is changed. 2nd one i anyhow la..haha...3rd n 4th i jus follow the cadence..haha...Answer the qns part rite...before he play rite...he ask me to think of something to say for the music..wa...i like..duno how to say sia..haha..cos last time practice is not like tat one..haha...when he finished playing rite..i ask him how should i answer?...den he ask me...wat dance is this??...wa...i like shocked lor!!!...i duno any dance sia...i dun care his answer la...den i say abt the dynamics...articulation...got accents..the music very lively..den i also say this music maybe in the Baroque period...den he ask me...u think who compose this music??..wa...i like..how i noe sia..if ask me a composer in that period ..maybe i noe..but this ...wa...i jus say vivaldi lor..haha...but he haven end...he ask again..wat type of dance is this???...wa...i like wan to say i duno one leh..haha...but i jus anyhow lor..say it is a 'GIGUE'..see the word b4..but duno wat it is...haha...

i found tat this room is damm hot lor!!...1st examination room i go that is so hot...even the examiner also canot tahan..got 2 fans blowing him..haha..i also like sweat while playing...haha...

After exam still got time go back sch..but also lazy to go back..haha..den since im in katong..i go eat the famous laksa..haha..hmm..after this still got TESTIMONIAL Match in school...haha...
hmm...this entry so long...i think tats all for this day!!...wait for the results of the match!!..
-to be continued-

26/8/2005- ***

It has been a long time since i entered my last entry. Hence, i shall write a long one today, cos alot of incidents happen today.
Today is the last day of the GP presentation!! AND i am in the last group to present. U noe wat? When i present rite, i speak quite loudly, quite fluent i think, but i made a grave mistake. I DID NOT FACE THE AUDIENCE!!! i jus turn my head to the screen n read the script in my hands. N i did it for 5 mins!!...NO ONE told me!! i only realise it when my friends told me at the end. HAHA..stupid rite..
AND im very pissed at the answering qns part. At the end of the presentation, everyone need to answer a qns. im the last to answer..n of all else..the idiotic rowena ask me qns..she duno how to speak properly..n worse still she is asking the obvious....

She asked '' U said that juveniles are sent for probation for their first crime, but if they transport drugs?''...

Ths qns is so cock lor...!!!...im doing on the corporal punishment part..n people who involved in drug trafficking will be caned. Then my answer is that ''the juveniles will be charged with drug trafficking and will be given canning or death sentence''..DEN she keep saying wat HUH HUH...f*** it sia...like tat also dun understand...wat pissed me off is she keep saying 'why' 'why'...like wat idiot sia...den i raise my voice den seems like reprimanding someone...den ms norzian ask me answer properly...den its like watever i said she dun understand lor...
SHE is jus cock la...dun think for the answers for herself before asking the qns..stupid idiot...somemore she duno how to answer any qns in her presentation...stupid...
It is her that make me lose my cool n start to become irritated n spoke in a unfriendly manner which also makes ms norzian unhappy...she sucks la...knn
Forget abt the presentation, cos she jus sucks

After school, i went for my second soccer training, hence skipping choir..haha..
this time round i dint bring glove..cos bro using..but i jus go..I went for 1st training on tue liao..quite fun..not tat tiring in the training but quite lethargic reaching the end of the training ...
U noe wat today?...we 3 keepers like siao la...keep saving all the balls the players shoot at us...each person stay for 10 shoots den change...den its like...doing tat for nearly 1 hr...tired sia...save quite alot..but those are easy one...think only got 1 or 2 good saves...dive n dive..wa...

Something happen..during a break rite..Mrs Koh walked towards me..asking me y im in soccer..den why dint go choir..den i like...duno how to answer..!!..haha...i jus say that i came for fun..for jus a few days only...haha...den she say she allow me to join 2 cca..but mus also go for choir...haha...i shocked sia..duno wat to say...i jus say...i try la...haha..

Today is 26 AUG liao...left 3 more days to my D-Day...i have been waiting for this day ..for almost 7 months??..haha...cos been learning since january plus...wawa...haha..n JIN ur bow will be the secret weapon to my success!!..haha..thank you also for making me understand all the cadence!!..haha...the wat 1a Va chords all tat...haha....u will not be forgotten!!....haha...

think tats alll.....i may not be so free for this 3 days as it will be my final practices for the
'grand occasion'!!..
After the exam i will be returning to school to play the soccer testimonial match!!..haha..
maybe this will be a celebration for me after my exams yea?...haha...
tats all...- stay tuned for my recount of the examination details!!!..

21/8/2005-**

Whee...left 1 week only to tat one n only exam!!...its jus next monday!!...n today is the 2nd last time playing with piano...or last 3rd time??..cos exam tat time also playing with piano..heehee...

today practice quite efficient..no much problems with pieces...only some parts rushing..haha...
n today dun feel cramps in my fingers...haha...cos i reach earlier than the pianist...so i got time to warm up...

n today is busy day...or i shld say a day full of events....n one more strange incident...or is it such a coincidental thing tat u have not experienced b4..haha...let me tell u...

after coming out of rambutan rd rite..i was heading to take bus to eunos interchange...on my way there..a lady approached me n ask me where to take bus...so i tell her where..cos i also taking bus...haha...

den i take MRT to payer lebar to Tanjong Katong Complex to buy something at the SYNWIN...when i reached there rite...it is abt 11.20...but the shop not opened...then when i went to check opening hrs..it says 1pm den open...den i like...'sian'...somemore the complex not nice to walk one...shops all duno sell wat...haha..den nvm la..i walk out of building den go the big post office..lucky downstairs got POPULAR...den i stay there read Bio textbook..haha..for 1 hr...

1 pm den i go in buy the Golden Spiral E string den go Simei for extra lesson...u noe wat??..when i walk out of the complex...i saw the lady who ask me directions in rambutan rd!!..haha...den i jus dun care la..just walk to MRT station...

At the platform...i wait for the MRT...noe wat again??...the lady walked towards me n ask me...'Are U the one i saw jus now at rambutan rd?''..i like...' ya ya''..haha...its like so coincidental la..haha...cos i walk n walk around payer lebar so long...den still can saw her...but dun tell me she following me....haha...

Den she ask again...'are u going ot Simei....Mr Wu rite..?''...when she asked rite...im so shocked lor!!...n really think tat she is following me!!..haha..cos im carrying my violin with me ma..haha..den she tell me she also going there ...to fetch her daughter...haha....

Never experienced such a coincidental thing in my life b4..haha..
N i dint revise anything these 2 days...cos i jus wan to wait until exams den start...
tats all!!

17/8/2005

Today is a very very buzzzzzi day...

Morning need to learn ACES dances...quite interesting actually...cos cant do much...cos my thighs are aching from yest 2.4km...timing not bad...11.39...get a bronze...

U noe wat anot...Mr Nordin come look for me again sia...like the 5th time asking me join Soccer...haha..5th time u noe!!...cos yesterday 4th time..n i rejected it...den syed keep psycho me..haha..cos is like very busy lor...got PW..GP presentation..Bio Spa..all tat...where got time play soccer??..haha...den i tell him after promo den join...den he say..OKOK...join next week 2 trainings...cos i need u in the testimonial match....hmm...den i think think...i say OK lor..haha...
cos the testimonial match is like the same day after my Music EXAm...haha..so jus take it as a celebration for me...hehe...

after tat actually nothing to say liao...after sch go lib trying to study maths...application of differentiation...but i fall asleep..hah...sleep like 1/2 hr..den wake up...waste time thinking of 1 qns for 30 mins...but still cannot solve...hah..waste time...

tmr bio spa liao...hope i got time to finish them...
tats all...

14/8/2005-*

U noe wat today not...its a sunday and i still need to wake up at 720!!...cos need to reach my teacher's hse at rambutan road to meet the pianist for the accompaniment for my exam..
the lesson start so early lor...8 15...think all of u are still sleeping..haizz...but nvm la...a warm up for me also..cos my exam also starts in the morning..9 56 am..
However, the problem is tat im still 1/2 awake...fingers hard n rigid...so hard to curl...den i play the 1st piece, SPRING, rite...alot out of tune..and its like frustrating lor..i practice so much at home..den cant play well at the correct time...but...for the 2nd piece and 3rd piece rite, Romanze n First Rapshody..played quite OK...cos fingers start to warm up already..but still feel that i can do better...as the last 2 pieces are the ones i have the most confidence in doing well ...not like 1st one...always so nervous...think maybe practise using wrong tempo or wat la..haizz...so now i will emphasize more on this piece..

Coming to AURAL rite...i managed to listen to the correct chords...or plagence la..thanks to jin and dictionary.com..haha..lame rite...cos i use tat website to find all those musical terms tat i had forgotten..haha..like 'subdominant'..all tat la...i also get correct for the modulation part...
For the Singing section...did quite well for the sight read but not the other one..the one u sing the lower notes while the pianist play the piece with 2 hands...just missed out the last few notes...answering qns part is actually not tat difficult as i thought..but when doing tat im holding the w/s..haha...shld memorise one..haha...

Hmmm...2 more weeks...to exam...n 12 more days to my GP presentation...sianzz..cos haven find any info abt tat..haha...hmm...alot of things coming up this week..with BIO A lvl SPA on friday...tats all...

-To Be Continued-

11/8//2005-

YEEPEE ya ya YEEPEE YEEPEE ya..

Today seems like a very fast day!!..In a twinkling of an eye , its approaching the end of the week!!..
n also means 60 days to PROMO!!...haha..scared wat..haha...
today seems so relax..maybe its jus after 4 days of slacking n playing...haha...
AND today jus got the news that im not in the OCIP trip...haizz..not surprised at all..n .duno wan to be sad or happy..haha..cos before the start of the interview..i dun feel like going...cos i thought tat my frens are also not going..haha...n after the interview...i dun even feel like going..haha...cos all my frens say the interview qns r not easy to answer..haha...for me rite..i jus answer frankly lor..haha..but they keep asking lame qns..qns that it is not in a position for me to answer...like ask wat kind of person r u...lame sia..is like ..''HOW TO ANSWER??''...how to get this kind of answers by jus listening from the person n not experience it urslef??..lame sia..
haizz...its OK la...cos year end i also duno will go overseas anot...hmmm....but i think i had miised out a chance to do a different CIP....haizz...
Tomorrow will be another quick day...lessons ending at 12 10 n chem remedial until 250..haha..

hmm...i think i gona go practice for my exam liao....hehe...left 18 days only...n do some revision also...hehe....
-to be continued-

8/8/2005-zz-

Wa...today is the eve of national day. But im not sure y im feeling so suay today. I also duno y cos i've never been so suay for so many things in a day b4. First up, is National Day Celebration in TPJC. The choir is singing Singapura Medley, with the J2 joining, cos without them, the J1 cant make it. HAHA. Then, when we singing rite, we r like singing to ourselves lor, the voice so soft, some more so many boys..zz..den is like feeling very pathetic. But never mind la..cos after that everyone is having a lot of fun.. Every performing arts students go up the stage and sing national day songs..like 'HOME' and all that..den is like..we all anyhow sing..anyhow shout..push here push there...chaos on stage ..den soon the audience also ran havoc..haha..den me chin soon keesiang zheng wei keep shouting samuel's name at the microphone..haha..den carry richard..haha..all siao liao...
After school, the principal is treating all performing arts CCAs to a buffet..but the food choices look limited..haha..but nvm..some taste good..free lunch too..
Den..i went home to prepare for evening SPEECH DAY in my sec sch..den now came all the SUAY THINGS....
1st- i went back to haising with my sec sch frens..some from MJ n 1 from ACJC..haha...den when we enter rite, need to register name at the gate..so i give my IC to the person..He suddenly told me he couldn't find my name..den i really shocked tat time lor!!...den he keep looking for me...den he found it..but i cant find it!!...den he say got typo error...den really got typo error...my name on the list is ''TING'' not ''DING''...wa...when i saw tat ...i damm f******* pissed lor..cos the letter i send to sch to inform im coming to the speech day..my name is 'DING'!!..cock lor..n last time they send me the letter abt speech day also spell my name as 'TING'!!...f*** off lor...zz..study 4 years liao..my name also duno how to spell...
Then..i jus thought tat this error only appears on that list..but little did i know tat...all the programme lists got my name as 'TING'...wa..f*** it lor...den bo bian..den i jus thought again that this error happens on all the programme sheets n lists...so i dun care..as long as i take my award can liao...
Then its my turn to walk up to stage to take the plague liao..den i tell the teacher tat my name is spelled wrongly..n whether the emcee can read my correct name..he say too late liao...den i ask again...WAT ABT MY AWARD...does it has a name??..he say..YES!...wa...i like no mood to go up liao...
They i walk up..take award den come down..no mood to see how award looks like..cos the award really printed 'TING'...damm wat **** lor..zz..kns...like going for speech day to collect a prize not ur name...zz..den tell the teacher..he say i gave him this name..wat cock la..can someone tell me how to write T as D??...EVEN how ugly or untidy u can be..a D can only be misread as 'O' or 'P'...cock sia..i think is stupid hsc ppl duno how to read la...or duno how to pronounce la...cock...
haizz...i jus think tat it is uselless to go back...cant find any close teachers liao..other than chatting with Ms Cai..n frens..haha..some more speech day no performance...only 1..wa..pathetic sia..nothing more to say abt this liao..
After tat the 10 of us go TM walk walk...talk n talk..cos we duno when can meet up again ...den we go KFC..i buy mountain dew large ..sit down n talk n talk..DEN!..when im finishing 1/2 of the drink..i open up n see...got 1 strand of hair..den still got some black things inside..look like ants bodies...wa..how to drink sia..haha..den go replace 1 more large bottle..den when the guy give me again rite..its full of dirts inside lor..wa...damm suay lor...den he finally give me a clean one...den i wondering how much dirts i have drunk...
Today is a very suay day..n i hate hsc..
below is a funny pic during speech day..some more on the way..

6/8/2005*

Today nothing much to do..wake up at 10 cos yest go watch nite movie..willy wolka..haha..den today evening still need to go a pianist house...practice with her for my exam....she lives at bukit timah..so far rite..lucky only need to go there once..3 more times at eunos..haha..she plays the piano while i play the 3 pieces..'Spring' 'Romanze' 'First Rapshody'...i damm sian lor...cos how the piano piece sounds i duno..so when we playing together..i duno i correct anot..n only i heard b4 the 'Spring' piano part..all the rest i duno..n when playing with piano..i cant hear myself...n its like fighting with the piano see whose sound louder...zz...like tat can fail leh...sianzz..but i think this is the 1st time accompanied by piano..hope few more practices will make all these perfect..
Den comes to AURAL test..so so so so difficult...i think tat if i dint join choir this year rite..confirm get 0 one..cos need to hear alot..den need to pitch urself..sing out by reading the scores only..zz...haha...lucky choir got do these things b4..so tats not so much problem...but problem is need to detect major minor key..got any change..wat perfect/plagal/imperfect/interuppted candance..all these terms so new to me..zz..still need to listen to chords..n identify them..wawa...i duno got so difficult one...still need memorise history of music..haha...classical era..20th century all tat..wawawa....nvm la...if i can memorise o lvl textbooks...this will not be any problem...3 more lessons..i will make everything perfect b4 i go for exam...
other than tat...5 days holidays coming up...n speech day at haising too...stay tuned...

4/8/2005-****

Wahahahahahhaa...today song ar!!!....My team won the HOCKEY OPEN 2005...haha...thrashing every team en route to the title...haha..some opponents even have school hockey players...haha..
n i play the keeper...wahaha..make alot of saves sia....now my right feet feel so painful tat i can hardly walk...haha...suspecting that i had broken a bone in he big toe.haha...but hope it wont happen la...haha...cos the hockey ball jus too hard...but i still able to save alot of shots with my 'godly' legs...haha..cos my legs are very useful when playing soccer..n alot of other sports..haha...
n very happy to win the hockey tournament..cos this only my 1st time playing hockey...haha...n mus thanks qi xiang, darren n gene who came in superbly n score a hat-trick in his only game of the tournament...which is the final..haha..nice one....
n also saw a gay playing hockey ....he is a keeper...but wat he did was so GAY!!...cos he was one..haha...he actually jus squat down...lay down the stick on the floor n wait for opponents to shoot him...haha...so gay lor..dun u agree...if u r the one playing against that GAY keeper...u will surely wan to wack his face with the ball...cos tats the only place u can hit...as he is blocking the base of the goal with the stick...but no use la...still concede alot of goals..hahaha...gay...scared ball dun play la..haha...weakling...hahahahahaha......

tmr will be a short day..haha..n tmr got the interview for the OCIP thing...ha..duno wat the teacher wan to ask...i jus answer frankly lor..haha...canot go den dun go lor..haha...cos chances look slim after so many students applied for it..haiz...but if i make it..den it will be wonderful..haha..n hope i can walk tmr..cos injured my right leg..haha..but think it is still quite painful for me to walk..cos i feel pain even i land my leg on the ground..haha...

tats all for today..stay tuned..haha...

2/8/2005

hai...today finally attend my 1st choir practice in 4 weeks...song...haizz...n the reason i go is because J2 are going..haha...if not i wont go one...n my frens are also going...hehe....den Mr Tan talk abt alot of things happening these few days...national day celebrations la..KL trip la..carolling la...alot..alot..n somemore a new conductor came to relieve Nelson for a while...quite pro i can say...n he manage to do alot of things in 1 hr..hahaha....
den i also quite happy today..cos i noe i pass my fitness.haha...at least a bronze liao...hahaha...but still left 2.4km run..haha..but i noe i will get 3 pts at least..cos been training for 2 weeks liao...yest timing is 11.23 min..hahaha...not bad ...but tat is in the evening...morning i duno liao...maybe because of sun...??..hahaha....haizz...after going for my 1st choir practice in 4 weeks...im getting more confused liao...duno where to go...duno wan go soccer not..cos if miss 1 lesson..need to give MC all tat...troublesome..zz..haizz..hahaha..n choir still got alot of programmes coming up...but...haizz...duno wat to say la....then also going for my 3rd sectionals...useless again...learn 1 bar only...zz..cock rite..haha...think go home read myself liao la..haahaha..n im getting more irritated by someone in the choir...shout n shout...nothing also shout...talk so loud for wat...as if we canot hear like tat...zz...really duno wat to do...haizzz....let GOD decide la..haha...tats all folks...